Russia to Japan via Sakhalin Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Russia to Japan via Sakhalin
This itinerary describes one of two possible options for continuing aTrans-Siberian Railwayjourney to Japan, via the island ofSakhalinin Russia'sfar east. The other possible routes are by ferry fromTianjin(the terminus of the Trans-Mongolian Railway nearBeijing) toKobe, near Japan's 2nd city,Osaka. This itinerary is interesting as it ends inWakkanai, Japan's northernmost city, and therefore allows travelers the opportunity of continuing throughJapanfrom north to south in a straight line and to get well off the beaten path in both countries. There were ferry routes directly departing fromVladivostok(the terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway) toTakaokaon the central coast ofHonshu, Japan's main island and from Vladivostok via South Korea'sDonghaetoSakaiminatoin the western part of Honshu, b
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